... Blood Brothers ALBERY WILLY RUSSELL'S musical--book, music and lyrics, all by Russell, has a smashing storyline, indifferent lyrics and an intriguing, irritating mix of music, so much so that I would ...

... Macbeth ALEXANDRA PALACE THERE WAS a yellow flag flying from the topmost tier of the half-size reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre at Alexandra Palace. It didn't denote that the place was in ...

... Noel and Gertie SYDNEY I'VE HEARD of out-of-town tryouts but surely Sheridan Morley has established unbeatable records with Noel and Gertie which has been seen in Hong Kong and Sydney. When it makes i ...

... I'll Be Back Before Midnight KESWICK A RARE opportunity exists at the Century, Keswick, to see Peter Colley's comedy thriller I'll Be Back Before Midnight. It is only the second time the play has been ...

... Battersea Blues LATCHMERE BAD PLAYS on the fringe are legion. But Terry Gilbert's Battersea Blues is good, very good, because it sets out to be fast and funny and succeeds in being just that. If Hamps ...

... The Scatterin' DUBLIN JAMES McKENNA's rock'n'roll musical is set in the Dublin of 1958, but the dreams and frustrations of his working class Teds are curiously contemporary. Change the songs cover ver ...

... Playing against the odds PETER HEPPLE on a charmingly youthful musical revival REGENT'S PARK Babes In Arms THE MOST interesting feature of the Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms is in discovering ...

... The Met Season NEW YORK NUREYEV'S Paris Opera Ballet was at the Met, he was also at the State Theatre (with New York City Ballet) and on tour with his 'Friends', and the Opera's ballet students were a ...

... Hello and Goodbye ALMEIDA ATHOL Fugard said the two characters in this play, Hester (Estelle Kohler) and Johnnie (Antony Sher) would be an expression of moods and moments of beauty. Indeed Fugard's ...

... When seeing is believing Paul Chand sees a radio play successfully reincarnated on the London stage KINGS HEAD Artists Descending a Staircase IN STOPPARD'S fizzy, elegantly written radio play, now bro ...

... The Rivals HEVER JUDGING by his previous forays into Kent Rep, Ramsay Gilderdale's name signifies a joyous flamboyancy which is not as apparent in his production of Sheridan's The Rivals as it has bee ...

... Polyeuct GATE THANKS to the new sadly vanished Jonathan Miller regime at the Old Vic, Pierre Corneille (1606-84) is for London theatregoers something more than a familiar name from histories of French ...